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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox building Goldenhurst Farm (now Goldenhurst Manor and The Old House, Goldenhurst) [1] is a country house of 17th-century origins[1] in the village of Aldington, Kent, England. From 1926 to 1956, it was the country home of Noël Coward.[2] It is a Grade II listed building.[2]

Coward 1926–56

Coward found the property after placing an advert in the Kentish Times and receiving only one reply.[3] Initially renting the farm from a Mr Body, Coward bought it in 1927. In extensive rebuilding and renovation in 1927–9,[3] he linked together "the farmhouse, the square edifice, one of the barns and an adjoining cottage" to create a substantial country house.Шаблон:Sfn

He wrote Cavalcade at Goldenhurst in 1931.[1] During the Second World War the house was requisitioned by the Army and Coward moved temporarily to White Cliffs, a house he rented at St Margaret's Bay. He finally returned to Goldenhurst in December 1951, recording in his diary; "We arrived at 1.55 - the house and land seemed to envelop me in a warm and lovely welcome. We spent the day hanging more pictures etc. Utterly exhausted but deeply and profoundly happy. I am home again."Шаблон:Sfn But the post-war tax regime made the expense of running the large house increasingly burdensome and in 1956 Coward sold the farmШаблон:Sfn and his London home on Gerald Road.Шаблон:Sfn In a letter to Laurence Olivier the following year, he explained; "Goldenhurst (five gardeners all year round, lighting, heat etc.) was costing a fortune."Шаблон:Sfn He moved abroad as a tax-avoidance measure, dividing his time between Chalet Covar, at Les Avants in Switzerland and, firstly Bermuda, and then Firefly, his home in Jamaica.Шаблон:Efn[4] Coward died at Firefly in 1973.[5]

Description

The house is timber-framed, of brick and Kentish ragstone, with a tiled roof and is now sub-divided into two separate properties.[1]

Between 2006 and 2018, part of the house was home to the comedian and novelist Julian Clary.[6] The gardens of Goldenhurst were featured in the 2017 book The Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley and photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas.Шаблон:Sfn

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